Effect of Qi-training on blood pressure, heart rate and respiration rate

• Myeong Soo Lee,
• Byung Gi Kim,
• Hwa Jeong Huh,
• Hoon Ryu,
• Ho-Sub Lee &
• Hun-Taeg Chung

• ¹ Department of Qi-Medicine, Institute of Biotechnology, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea, ² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea, ³ Department of Physiology, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea

Correspondence to: Hun-Taeg Chung MD PhD

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea

Abstract

To examine the physiological effects of Korean traditional Qi-training, we investigated the changes in blood pressure, heart and respiratory rates before, during and after ChunDoSunBup (CDSB) Qi-training. Twelve normal healthy CDSB Qi-trainees (19–37 years old; trained for 1·3 ± 0·2 years; 9 men and 3 women) volunteered to participate in this study. Heart rate, respiratory rate, systolic blood pressure and rate–pressure product were significantly decreased during Qi-training. From these results, we suggest that CDSB Qi-training has physiological effects that indicate stabilization of cardiovascular system.

Clinical Physiology

Volume 20 Issue 3 Page 173-176, May 2000

To cite this article: Myeong Soo Lee, Byung Gi Kim, Hwa Jeong Huh, Hoon Ryu, Ho-Sub Lee, Hun-Taeg Chung (2000)
Effect of Qi-training on blood pressure, heart rate and respiration rate
Clinical Physiology 20 (3), 173–176.
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2281.2000.00242.x